| Topic | Program | Contact | Phone |
|---|
| Dairy (Milk Safety) | Milk and Dairy Group | Milk and Dairy Group
| 512-834-6758 |
| Dairy Licenses | Milk and Dairy Group | Drugs and Food Safety Licensing Group
| 512-834-6727 |
| Death Records | Vital Statistics | Registrar
| 512-776-7111 |
| Death Statistics | Center for Health Statistics | Data Management Program
| 512-776-7509 |
| Deer Processing | Meat Safety Assurance Unit | Meat Safety
| 512-834-6753 |
| Demographics | Center for Health Statistics | Data Dissemination Program
| 512-776-7261 |
| Dengue Fever | Zoonosis Control Branch | Nicole Evert
| 512-776-2890 |
| Designation/Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA)/Medically Underserved Area/Population (MUA/P) | Texas Primary Care Office | Connie Berry
| 512-776-2172 |
| Diabetes (Health Promotion) | Texas Diabetes Program/Council | Richard Kropp
| 512-776-3580 |
| Diabetes (Legislation) | Texas Diabetes Program/Council | Richard Kropp
| 512-776-3580 |
| Diabetes (Program/Council) | Texas Diabetes Program/Council | Richard Kropp
| 512-776-3580 |
| Diabetes (State/National Programs) | Texas Diabetes Program/Council | Richard Kropp
| 512-776-3580 |
| Diabetes (Statistics) | Texas Diabetes Program/Council | Richard Kropp
| 512-776-3580 |
| Diet Pills (Prescription) | Drugs and Medical Devices Group | Drugs and Medical Devices Group
| 512-834-6755 |
| Dietary Supplements | Foods Group | Foods Group
| 512-834-6670 |
| Dietitian Licensing | Texas State Board of Examiners of Dietitians Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Bobbe Alexander | 512-834-6628, ext. 6791 |
| Diphtheria | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Rachel Wiseman Eric Garza Kayla Boykins | 512-776-2632 512-776-6825 512-776-3124 |
| Disaster Response | Community Preparedness Section | Rick Bays
| 512-458-7219 Fax: 512-458-7472 |
| Disease Cluster Investigations | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Ketki Patel Emily Hall | 512-776-3723 512-776-2652 |
| Disease Foodborne Illnesses | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Vanessa Cantu Greg Leos Irina Cody | 512-776-6648 512-776-3182 512-776-6611 |
| Disease Foodborne Illnesses | Environmental and Consumer Safety Section | Susan Tennyson
| 512-834-6687 |
| Disease Reporting | Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch | Laura Tabony Marilyn Felkner
| 512-776-2663 512-776-6393 |
| Disease Reporting (Occupational)-Adult Lead | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Jennifer Karnik
| 512-776-6317 |
| Disease Reporting (Occupational) – Pesticide Exposure | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Leticia Nogueira Jose Velez
| 512-776-6704 512-776-6216 |
| Disease Reporting (Occupational)-Silicosis and Asbestos | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Emily Hall Ketki.Patel
| 512-776-2652 512-776-3723 |
| Disinterment (Removing human remains) | Vital Statistics | Belinda Cochran
| 512-776-2668 |
| Division for Regulatory Licensing | Division for Regulatory Licensing | John Huss
| 512-834-6660 |
| Divorce Statistics | Center for Health Statistics | Data Managment Program
| 512-776-7509 |
| Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) | Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination –Stakeholder Info Group | Adrienne Kitchen Chelsea Jones
| 512-834-6700, ext. 2380 512-834-6700, ext. 2363 |
| Drinking Water, Chemical Contamination | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Tom Ellerbee Josh Duty | 512-776-6039 512-776-6641 |
| Drinking Water Fluoridation | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Deba Dutta Larry Rice | 512-776-2855 512-776-2132 |
| Drownings/Near Drownings | Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit | Dan Dao Erin Kader
| 512-776-3575 512-776-2808 |
| Drug Demand Reduction Advisory Committee | MH/SA | Natalie Furdek
| 512-206-4704 |
| Drug Distribution Compliance | Drugs Manufacturers and Distributors | Drugs and Medical Devices
| 512-834-6755 |
| Drug Distribution Wholesale | Drug Manufacturers and Distributors | Drugs and Medical Devices Group
| 512-834-6755 |
| Drug Distributor/Manufacturer Enforcement Actions | Drug Manufacturers and Distributors | Alan Morris | 512-834-6665, ext. 6621 |
| Drug Distributor/Manufacturer Licenses | Drug Manufacturers and Distributors | Drug & Food Safety Licensing Group
| 512-834-6727 |
| Drug Information/Labeling | Drug Manufacturers and Distributors | Drugs and Medical Devices Group
| 512-834-6755 |
| Drug Manufacturing | Drug Manufacturers and Distributors | Drugs and Medical Devices Group
| 512-834-6755 |
| Drug Safety/Adverse Events | Drug Manufacturers and Distributors | Drugs and Medical Devices Group
| 512-834-6755 |
| DSHS Council | DSHS Council | Carolyn Bivens
| 512-776-2370 |
| Dual Diagnosis Services, Mental Health and Substance Abuse | MH/SA - Program Services | Tina Hosaka
| 512-206-5205 |
| DWI/Drug Offender/Minor in Possession Education | Offender Education Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Celeste Lunceford
| 512-834-4551 800-832-9623 800-832-9623 |
| Dyslexia Therapist and Dyslexia Practioner Licensing | Dyslexia Licensing Program Professional Licensing and Certification Unit | Dyslexia Program | 512-834-6656 |